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We had to keep after CN Rail, which owns the siding, about the problem, but it finally paved over the tracks in 2011 and made it much smoother for traffic.

Many wheels have since travelled down that road and eroded the asphalt around the tracks, including a lot of heavy trucks that serve the industrial area.

Judy D’Elia emailed to say that “two sets of railroad tracks have reared their ugly heads” on Belfield, the one that was paved over a few years ago, and another farther east, near Martin Grove Rd.

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“These have been patched over several times,” D’Elia said of the tracks near Highway 27, adding, “why haven’t the tracks been removed?

“The other tracks are still in use but the pavement has sunk around them, causing a terrible situation, in that you have to crawl over them with your car.”

The abandoned line has had the tracks removed on each side of Belfield, but not from the road itself, which would eliminate the problem for good.

About a kilometre to the east, another siding crosses Belfield and runs into the Unilever plant in Etobicoke, where several tank cars were sitting on the tracks Tuesday, an indication it is still used regularly.

Rubber cushioning that was packed in around the tracks to reduce the bump for vehicles has frayed, while the surrounding pavement has crumbled, making it a hazard for drivers.

We watched as vehicles that failed to slow down for the tracks crossed them with a sickening thud or bounced into the air, particularly smaller cars.

STATUS: Lindsay Fedchyshyn, who deals with media for CN, said she’d pass along our requests to fix the Belfield crossings to maintenance staff right away.

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